August 10 2019

Have you ever joined a gym with the best of intentions? You plunk down your membership fees and this time you are really going to do it. A year later, your renewal comes up and you realize that you didn’t benefit at all by making that financial commitment. I think we have all done something along those lines. The same pattern applies to a large...

Written by Ken Quigley

July 31 2019

Managing memberships, client subscriptions and contracts In years gone by when we were asked whether Act! was suitable for managing memberships or client subscriptions & contracts online, the answer was typically “not yet”. However, with advances in the Act! Web API and some of the recent innovations we’ve implemented internally to serve our...

Written by Ken Quigley

May 31 2019

Act! Growth Suite is proving to be an excellent value for our customers, and many are taking advantages of the discounts being offered for the rest of June (see HERE for promo details). However, regardless of the excellent savings to be had, customers should NOT assume that Act! Marketing Automation is an unfettered license to hunt.  Like with...

Written by Ken Quigley

May 16 2019

In late 2018 when Swiftpage introduced their new product licensing system (www.Soraco.co), the transition for most users went smoothly, with few noticing much difference between the old system (Protexis) and the new. There was one important difference, however, that we’d like to explain because it could end up costing customers money if their...

Written by Ken Quigley

April 05 2019

Since Act! Marketing Automation was released last November, there has been a lot of discussion about the comparative benefits of the different tiers of AMA. So much so, that many prospective subscribers had trouble understanding where the benefits of one tier ended and the next began.   While Keystroke has put together a fairly exhaustive...

Written by Ken Quigley

March 31 2019

If you are planning on upgrading to Act! v21, we suggest that you read the following list of tips to ensure a pain-free conversion. Do you have your v21 licence? Ensure that you have your v21 license key before you upgrade. If you are a current Act! Subscriber, or purchased Act! Pro v21 after 1st November, you may have already received your...

Written by Ken Quigley

February 08 2019

Important Note: Act! v21 installs and uses Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Express as its database engine. If you are upgrading from a version of Act! that used Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (Act! versions 2011 (v13), 2012 (v14), 2013 (v15), v16, or v17.0) and you are or will be using remote databases, it is strongly recommended that you read the...

Written by Ken Quigley

February 07 2019

Did you know you can search all phone, address, and email fields at once? A little known feature in Act! is the “any” field. Not to be confused with the “any key”, the “any” field allows you to search all email fields, or all phone fields, or all address fields at one time. The process is simple, click Lookup from the drop-down menu, select...

Written by Ken Quigley

April 27 2018

What is the GDPR?The GDPR applies to the use and storage of personal information of European citizens from 25 May 2018. All organisations world-wide need to comply with them if they want to comply with European law. The GDPR has an organisation-wide impact and this document explains how Act! can help an organisation to comply. The General Data...

Written by Ken Quigley

August 18 2017

Starting September 2017 Keystroke will be offering FREE monthly training classes to our Act! & Hosting Subscribers. There is no catch. We understand that the more people know the full power and capabilities of the Act! CRM program, the more they’ll use it in their business. The format is simple. Each month we’ll pick a different...